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Climate adaptation investment hampered by 'fragmented' solutions

Investment in climate adaptation and resilience projects is being held back by a tendency towards focusing on "fragmented or incremental" solutions rather than system-wide plans - even in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Strategic asset allocation in emerging markets

Unlocking private capital for impact investing in EMDEs requires a fundamental rethink of how risk, return, and impact are evaluated, write Mike Sebastian, Royston Braganza, Simon Cooke, Sindhu Krishna, Tim Streeter and Callum Thomas.

LGIM and NTR closes clean power fund at €607m

Article 6 could be catalytic for improving EM financing, says Ori Partners

Article 6 credits could be 'catalytic' for making blended and catalytic funding more accessible in the emerging markets, an impact investment advisory has suggested.

Green bond issuers 'need to know what counts' as climate adaptation investment

For more climate adaptation and resilience investments to feature in green bond transactions there is a need for taxonomies to be developed and public issuers to come to the market, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Low Carbon and Paratus partner for 'world-first' energy price risk policy

Energy price risk (re)insurer Paratus and renewable energy company Low Carbon have partnered for what has been described as a 'world-first' insurance policy to mitigate energy price volatility.

Biodiversity among top stewardship targets for AXA IM

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has revealed that biodiversity and natural capital were among its top areas for engagement last year, narrowly behind climate change.

ESMA recommends cutbacks to ESG disclosures for benchmarks

Sustainability-related disclosures by providers of investment benchmarks should be cut to "reduce burden for administrators", the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has said.

Sustainable debt round-up: Nordea, SNCF, EIB ... and more

Eiffel backs Envolve renewables fund with €20m in debt financing